Employment and Income

People can accept inequality more readily when everyone has the chance to better themselves by dint of their own efforts. But here Germany has a problem. Too many members of lower income groups – most of them unemployed – fail to improve their position. In any country governed by the principle: ”Once poor, always poor”, there will be growing dissatisfaction with the economic system and increasing pressure for redistribution of wealth. Since taking up employment is the best way to advancement and a better standard of living, it is important to make access to paid work as easy as possible.

 

 

Those with advanced qualifications have the best chances on the labour market. As the economy changes companies need more and more highly qualified staff. Compared with other nations, Germans are relatively well educated. However, skilled workers with the highly prized scientific and technical background are in particularly short supply. Many young people are set on the wrong course in early childhood and schools often fail to bring them up to the level of education necessary for professional training.